Department of Agriculture is looking for participants in the National Honey Bee survey. DOA is looking for 24 participants, who must have 8 hives or more. The survey looks at bees health, diseases and pests that haven't been identified in the U.S. yet. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey is nationwide but participants will get individualized reports on the health of their hives. Pollen analysis looks at pesticides and bees interaction. Discusses...

Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive. A feat of bravery grants her access to the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous. Her deepest instincts to serve and sacrifice are overshadowed by a greater power - a fierce maternal love that bring her into conflict with her conscience, her heart and her society, and lead her to perform unthinkable deeds....

Gary's dream is about to come true. He's going to exchange bodies with another kid for a whole week but the new body isn't human.

Identifies the different types of bees within a honeybee hive and describes their physical characteristics and their functions.

"Set in South Carolina during the tumultuous summer of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees also ushered young Lily Owens, a girl transformed by the power and divinity of the female spirit, into the canon of modern-day heroines. Lily and her fierce-hearted black 'stand-in mother escape the racism of their hometown and find refuge with an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, whose world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna is mesmerizing."--Publisher's...

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of bees, insects that live everywhere in the world except Antarctica.

Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of honeybees.

A swarm of bees and a young boy race around town wreaking havoc on the townspeople.

Eyes with more than 6,000 separate lenses; bodies so hairy that they attract pollen by static; the ability to communicate by dancing... bee stats are endlessly engrossing. And the bee is as important to the production of human food as any machine; without the bees to pollinate them, most of our crops would be dead in the field. So how did this furry little workaholic come to be so crucial to the planet? “The Bee: A Natural History” answers that...

Describes the roles of the types of bees, their activities in the hive, and their many uses to man.